Robert Southey blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Robert Southey 1774 – 1843 Poet, historian, biographer and essayist, Poet Laureate 1813 – 1843 Lived here 1802 – 1803 'The only existing entire man of letters' Recorded plaque organisation: Bristol Civic Society.

Robert Southey was a prominent British Romantic poet, historian, and biographer who served as Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death in 1843, known for his ambitious works like the Life of Nelson and his collaboration with Samuel Taylor Coleridge.